Purpose: Board members and real estate managers (decision makers) play an important role in the decision-making process in nursing home organisations. This study aims to provide an understanding of underlying attributes and benefits sought by decision makers when making nursing home real estate decisions. Design/methodology/approach: …

Het lectoraat Facility Management van Zuyd Hogeschool (14.000 studenten in Heerlen, Maastricht en Sittard) richt haar pijlen op praktijkonderzoek op 3 thema’s: Leegstand en herbestemming, leefbaarheid en circulaire inkoop. De keuze voor het onderzoeksthema ‘leegstand en herbestemming’ ligt voor de hand …

Substantial changes in the Dutch health care landscape have led to new ways of funding and designing hospitals. Flexibility in the design of hospital real estate provides options to adapt to changing circumstances. FREM plays an important role in managing hospital real estate and the utilization of these …

Purpose; The research in the thesis aims to explore the alignment of vacant office properties to real estate preferences of serviced office concepts. Design, methodology & approach; The research approach encompassed conducting semi-structured interviews with realtors and CEO’s of serviced office concepts …

This thesis describes the research concerning the sustainability issues within the investment market from a management perspective. Experts are interviewed to examine the sustainability performance of their real estate portfolio and what they do to further develop a sustainable real estate portfolio. The …

This is about Chinese green building thesis

Executive summary  Smart buildings are becoming of increased importance in the Dutch office building environment, due to the new legislation of the government to only build ´energy-neutral´ buildings. The increase in Smart Buildings and technology in real estate is also of importance for the Facility …

The purpose of this research is to provide a framework which focuses on solving the problem of concentrated work in open-office plans. The results have identified multiple solutions for concentrated work and coupled this with important aspects to take into account to stay in touch with the identity of …

A lecture to create awareness about contextual factors influencing staff and patients in healthcare, to learn how space, organization, and healthcare delivery are interwoven, and to learn how space can be used to mitigate stress at patients and staff.